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Ferroelectric liquid crystal devices

US5260699A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1991
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/065
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of driving a ferroelectric liquid crystal display, a blanking pulse of width 2t.sub.s followed, after a delay of n.multidot.t.sub.s (where n is an integer), by a writing pulse of width t.sub.s and of opposite polarity to the blanking pulse are applied to successive row address lines at intervals of 2t.sub.s. Pairs of bipolar data pulses of width t.sub.s are applied to column address lines so that the data pulses coincide with the blanking pulse applied to the ith row and the writing pulse applied to row i-(n+1)/2 for odd values of n and to row 1-(n+2)/2 for even values of n. The data pulse amplitude may be varied in order to obtain variable grey levels in the display.

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